Berks County detectives say they've taken down a drug-smuggling ring that brought $2.2 million in methamphetamine and other drugs from Mexico to be sold in Reading and Allentown. Six people, four from Reading and another from Mexico, were charged in the drug operation Tuesday, and a gun and large amounts of cash and drugs were recovered, detectives said. The investigation began in July after detectives in Reading and Allentown received tips of a drug-smuggling organization that was bringing large amounts of meth, cocaine and heroin to be sold in Berks and Lehigh counties. Detectives were told the drugs would be smuggled in from Mexico by tractor-trailer and driven to Reading,...

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